'''King and Queen County, Virginia''' genealogy and family history research page. Guide to '''King and Queen County''' (established 1691) genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, Revolutionary War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

Clerk Circuit Court has birth and death records 1865-1898<br>marriage and divorce records from 1864 probate and court<br> records from 185 and land records from 1782<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), King and Queen County, Virginia. Page 716 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>

*Turner, Ronald Ray. ''[http://www.pwcvabooks.com/documents/VirginiaCivilWarVets.doc Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890]''. Available online, courtesy: [http://www.pwcvabooks.com/index.htm Prince William County Virginia] website. [Includes residents of this county.]

*Turner, Ronald Ray. ''[http://www.pwcvabooks.com/documents/VirginiaCivilWarVets.doc Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890]''. Available online, courtesy: [http://www.pwcvabooks.com/index.htm Prince William County Virginia] website. [Includes residents of this county.]

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==== Church Records ====

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Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):

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Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):

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*'''Mattaponi''' (1824). Originally an Episcopalian place of worship. A history was published in the 1920s.<ref>W.T. Hundley, ''History of Mattaponi Baptist Church, King and Queen County, Virginia'' (Richmond, Va.: Appeals Press, Inc.). {{FHL|106974|item|disp=FHL Film 1425567 Item 3}}.</ref>

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*'''Bruington''' (1790). A profile was published in ''Virginia Baptist Register,'' Issue 42 (2003). A bicentennial history was published in ''King and Queen County Historical Society Bulletin'', Issue 70 (Jan. 1991);&nbsp; cemetery transcripts were published in that publication in Issue 53 (Jul. 1982); another history is available in Issue 21 (Jul. 1966): {{FHL|235622|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5352 H25b}}.<br>

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*'''Upper King and Queen'''. Records from 1774 to 1788 have been published: {{FHL|656707|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5352 K2k}}.<br>

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*'''Exol'''. Information was published about this church (1775) in ''Tidewater Virginia Families,'' Vol. 4, No. 4 (Feb. 1996). A history was published in ''King and Queen County Historical Society Bulletin'', Issue 58 (Jan. 1985). Tombstones were published in the same ''Bulletin'', Issue 34 (Jan. 1973): {{FHL|235622|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5352 H25b}}.<br>

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*'''Mattaponi''' (1824). Originally an Episcopalian place of worship. A history was published in the 1920s.<ref>W.T. Hundley, ''History of Mattaponi Baptist Church, King and Queen County, Virginia'' (Richmond, Va.: Appeals Press, Inc.). {{FHL|106974|item|disp=FHL Film 1425567 Item 3}}.</ref> Additional information, including tombstone transcriptions, was published in ''Tidewater Virginia Families,'' Vol. 1, No. 2 (Aug. 1992): {{FHL|523192|item|disp=FHL Book 975.51 D25t}}.

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*'''Upper King and Queen'''. Membership lists from 1774 to 1788 have been published: {{FHL|656707|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5352 K2k}}. They are also online at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6131 Ancestry] ($) in ''Magazine of Virginia Genealogy,'' Vol. 30, No. 1 (Feb. 1992):60-64. Histories were published in ''King and Queen County Historical Society Bulletin'', Issue 50 (Jan. 1981) and in Issue 59 (Jul. 1985): {{FHL|235622|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5352 H25b}}.<br>

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[[Image:Acquintonchurch.jpg|thumb|right|300px]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] See also [[Stratton Major Parish, Virginia|Stratton Major Parish]]<br>[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] See also [[St. Stephens Parish, King and Queen, Virginia|St. Stephen's Parish]]<br><br>Acquinton Church (see ruins to the right) served King and Queen County.

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[[Image:Acquintonchurch.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Acquintonchurch.jpg]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] See also [[Stratton Major Parish, Virginia|Stratton Major Parish]]<br>[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] See also [[St. Stephens Parish, King and Queen, Virginia|St. Stephen's Parish]]<br><br>Acquinton Church (see ruins to the right) served King and Queen County.

*Chamberlayne, C.G. ''The Vestry Book of Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen County, Virginia, 1729-1783''. Richmond, Va.: n.p., 1931. Available at {{FHL|106978|title-id|disp=FHL}}; 1980 reprint at {{FHL|454945|title-id|disp=FHL}}.

*Chamberlayne, C.G. ''The Vestry Book of Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen County, Virginia, 1729-1783''. Richmond, Va.: n.p., 1931. Available at {{FHL|106978|title-id|disp=FHL}}; 1980 reprint at {{FHL|454945|title-id|disp=FHL}}.

*Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of King and Queen and King William Counties, Virginia," ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', Second Series, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Oct. 1943):440-464. Available at [http://www.jstor.org JSTOR].

*Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of King and Queen and King William Counties, Virginia," ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', Second Series, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Oct. 1943):440-464. Available at [http://www.jstor.org JSTOR].

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*Mason, George Carrington. ''Colonial Churches of Tidewater Virginia''. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1945. Available at {{FHL|92828|title-id|disp=FHL}}; digital version at [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH28,36029 BYU Family History Archives]. [Includes King and Queen County.]

*[[Peter Wilson Coldham|Coldham, Peter Wilson]]. ''North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857.'' Baltimore:&nbsp;Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of King and Queen County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

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*[[Peter Wilson Coldham|Coldham, Peter Wilson]]. ''North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857.'' Baltimore:&nbsp;Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of King and Queen County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

*''A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]''. 1841. Digital versions at [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf U.S. Census Bureau] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google Books]. 1967 reprint: {{FHL|282860|item|disp=FHL Book 973 X2pc 1840}}. [See Virginia, Eastern District, King and Queen County on page 131.]

*''A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]''. 1841. Digital versions at [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf U.S. Census Bureau] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google Books]. 1967 reprint: {{FHL|282860|item|disp=FHL Book 973 X2pc 1840}}. [See Virginia, Eastern District, King and Queen County on page 131.]

King and Queen County men served in the 9th Regiment.<ref>Stuart Lee Butler, ''A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812'' (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 118. {{FHL|669440|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2bs}}.</ref>

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King and Queen County men served in the 9th Regiment.<ref>Stuart Lee Butler, ''A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812'' (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 118. {{FHL|669440|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2bs}}.</ref>

*''List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance...'' Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. {{FHL|286899|item}} 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at [http://books.google.com/books?id=t7oqAAAAMAAJ Google Books] and [http://www.archive.org/details/listpensionerso02buregoog Internet Archive]. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, King and Queen County, p. 86. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

*''List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance...'' Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. {{FHL|286899|item}} 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at [http://books.google.com/books?id=t7oqAAAAMAAJ Google Books] and [http://www.archive.org/details/listpensionerso02buregoog Internet Archive]. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, King and Queen County, p. 86. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

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*Virginia, Civil War [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932382 Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865]

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'''''Regiments.''''' Civil War service men from King and Queen County County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company whose regiment in their county or an adjacent county. Listed below are regiments that were formed using, in part, men from King and Queen County.

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*Virginia, Civil War [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932427 Service Records of Union Soldiers 1861-1865]

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Civil War service men from King and Queen County County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company whose regiment in their county or an adjacent county. Listed below are regiments that were formed using, in part, men from King and Queen County.

- [[34th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)|34th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)]] - There is confusion surrounding the designation of this regiment. Read pages149-156 from {{FHL|1182525|item|disp=FHL book 975.5352 H2b}}to learn the details as to how "Bagby's Company" of the King and Queen Artillery was redesignated as an infantry unit.&nbsp;

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*Bagby, Alfred. ''King and Queen County, Virginia''. Baltimore: Clearfield Company. {{FHL|1182525|item|disp=FHL book 975.5352 H2b}} with company rosters on pages 139-148.<br>

Indexed images of the [http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/BrowseVG.cfm Virginia Gazette ](1736-1780) are available online through the [http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/ Colonial Williamsburg ]website. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: [http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/ The Geography of Slavery in Virginia]. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

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Indexed images of the [http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/BrowseVG.cfm Virginia Gazette ](1736-1780) are available online through the [http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/ Colonial Williamsburg ]website. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: [http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/ The Geography of Slavery in Virginia]. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

*'''[1782] '''Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. ''Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau''. 1940; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. Available at {{FHL|1111104|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [1782 personal property tax list of King and Queen County.]

*'''[1782] '''Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. ''Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau''. 1940; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. Available at {{FHL|1111104|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [1782 personal property tax list of King and Queen County.]

*'''[1787] '''Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. ''The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's&nbsp;Licenses Were Issued''. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at {{FHL|622815|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. King and Queen County is included in Vol. 2.]

*'''[1787] '''Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. ''The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's&nbsp;Licenses Were Issued''. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at {{FHL|622815|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. King and Queen County is included in Vol. 2.]

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King and Queen County, Virginia genealogy and family history research page. Guide to King and Queen County (established 1691) genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, Revolutionary War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

Church Records

Baptist

Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):

Bruington (1790). A profile was published in Virginia Baptist Register, Issue 42 (2003). A bicentennial history was published in King and Queen County Historical Society Bulletin, Issue 70 (Jan. 1991); cemetery transcripts were published in that publication in Issue 53 (Jul. 1982); another history is available in Issue 21 (Jul. 1966): FHL Book 975.5352 H25b.

Exol. Information was published about this church (1775) in Tidewater Virginia Families, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Feb. 1996). A history was published in King and Queen County Historical Society Bulletin, Issue 58 (Jan. 1985). Tombstones were published in the same Bulletin, Issue 34 (Jan. 1973): FHL Book 975.5352 H25b.

Mattaponi (1824). Originally an Episcopalian place of worship. A history was published in the 1920s.[3] Additional information, including tombstone transcriptions, was published in Tidewater Virginia Families, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Aug. 1992): FHL Book 975.51 D25t.

Upper King and Queen. Membership lists from 1774 to 1788 have been published: FHL Book 975.5352 K2k. They are also online at Ancestry ($) in Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Feb. 1992):60-64. Histories were published in King and Queen County Historical Society Bulletin, Issue 50 (Jan. 1981) and in Issue 59 (Jul. 1985): FHL Book 975.5352 H25b.

The 10,000 name petition (dated 16 October 1776) has been digitized at the Library of Congress website. It was signed by people from all over Virginia who wanted an end to persecution of Baptists by the Established Church. Baptists and Baptist sympathizers alike signed the petition. To find your ancestor in this record, first check Hall's transcription in the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy (Vols. 35-38, with annotations in Vol. 39), which is available online at Ancestry ($). It is also available in book form at the Family History Library: FHL Book 975.5 B2vs v. 35-39. Then proceed to the Library of Congress website to see the original images.

Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of King and Queen and King William Counties, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Oct. 1943):440-464. Available at JSTOR.

Court

Indexed images of King and Queen County, Virginia Chancery Records 1818-1913 are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

Genealogy

Immigration

Headright grants identify many King and Queen County, Virginia immigrants who arrived before 1720.[4] The Virginia Immigration article provides tips about using this source.

Additional resources include:

Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of King and Queen County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Maps

Migration

Military

Colonial Militia

Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some King and Queen County militia officers and/or soldiers; see place name index.]

Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some King and Queen County militia officers; see place name index.]

French and Indian War

Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some King and Queen County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]

Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch [French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War] with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For King and Queen County, see p. 111.]

Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some King and Queen County militia officers; see place name index.]

Revolutionary War

Regiments. Service men in King and Queen County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. King and Queen County supplied soldiers for the:

A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books. 1967 reprint: FHL Book 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Eastern District, King and Queen County on page 131.]

War of 1812

List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. FHL Collection 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, King and Queen County, p. 86. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

Civil War

Regiments. Civil War service men from King and Queen County County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company whose regiment in their county or an adjacent county. Listed below are regiments that were formed using, in part, men from King and Queen County.

Naturalization

Newspapers

Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette (1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburg website. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

Probate Records

Local Court

Hopkins, William Lindsay. Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. FHL Collection [Includes King and Queen County.]

Copies of some destroyed wills have been collected and preserved:

"Listing of Copies of Wills Held by King and Queen County Historical Society," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 9, No. 4 (February/March 2001):226-232. FHL Collection 975.51 D25t

London Courts

Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of King and Queen County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

[1782] Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. Available at FHL. [1782 personal property tax list of King and Queen County.]

[1787] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 & 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 & Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle & Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at FHL. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. King and Queen County is included in Vol. 2.]

[1787] "Land Tax List of King and Queen County, 1787," The Researcher: A Magazine of History and Genealogical Exchange, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul. 1928):144-146. Available at FHL.

[1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at FHL. [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. King and Queen County is included in Vol. 3.]

Vital Record Substitutes

The Virginia Historical Society's Marriage and Obituary Index, 1736-1820 (newspaper abstracts) is available for free online. Images of the original index cards are browseable, arranged alphabetically by surname.